Mesopotamia (greek for the land between 2 rivers)
One of the 1st places government was created and the phythgorean theorem.
Importanance of Rivers
-Tigris:fast and violent and Euphrates:calm
-trade and commerce
-baskets and pottery
-cities on banks, irrigation, crops, minerals, grazing animals.
Challenges
-Flooding
-Cities along river would abandon
-change courses without notice
Culture
-they believed in many gods
-buried their people with items
Beliefs
-believed the world was a flat disc
-believed water covered the entire earth
-Monthly festivals
Geography
-located in the Fertile Crescent
-centered around the euphrates and tigris rivers
-bordering countries: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Lack of Resources
-few trees
-very little rainfall
Cities and States
-1st cities began in 4000-3500 B.C. here
-Ashur is in modern day Iraq
-Nippur is in modern day southeastern Iraq
Nineveh is in modern day Iraq
Nile River
4,160 miles long
Geography
-located in Africa flows through Egypt and other countries
-Name cae from Greek word Nelios which means river valley
Importance of River
-It provided resouces for almost all aspects of life
-looked at as a highway of transportation
-trade was easy because of the trade routes set up along the Nile
People
-called Egyptians
-lived on both sides of rive and in the delta region
-3 classes of society
-people were dark-skinned
Religion
-based on nature
-sun god:Ra
-god of the Nile: Hapi
Beliefs
-they believed in life after death
-preserved people:mummies
3 civilizations
-Nubia, Kemet, and Kush
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